Though the news was expected (the team’s Mike Vogel relayed the info to a fan on Twitter last week), the club officially announced Monday that this year’s Convention has been cancelled, a product of the ambiguity of the CBA negations between the players union and the league. In the event that no new CBA has been agreed upon by the September 15 deadline the owners would likely lock the players out, baring them for using their facilities and participating in team events like Caps Con. Even if a new CBA is agreed upon by September — something many people don’t expect to happen — the financial risk of possibly having to cancel the Convention at the last minute would have been great. While the team’s decision makes sense, this is bad news for Caps fans. There will be no Alex Ovechkin autographs. There will be no baby stories from Brooks Laich’s mom. There will be on Braden Holtby playing street hockey with little kids. And there will be no Karl Alzner tales about how a fan asked him to sign a whip.

Here’s never-before-seen video from the 2011 Caps Convention where Jay Beagle and Braden Holtby try to teach a 2-year-old how to play street hockey and well… you’ll see.